2015 Rally México

The 2015 Rally Guanajuato México was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over four days between 5 and 8 March 2015. It marked the twenty-ninth running of the Rally Mexico, and was the third round of the 2015 World Rally Championship and WRC-2 seasons.

2015 Rally México
29º Rally Guanajuato México
Round 3 of 13 of the 2015 World Rally Championship
 Previous eventNext event 
Host country Mexico
Rally baseLeón
Dates run5 8 March 2015
Stages21 (394.21 km; 244.95 miles)
Stage surfaceGravel
Results
Overall winnerFrance Sébastien Ogier
France Julien Ingrassia
Germany Volkswagen Motorsport
Crews30 at start, 23 at finish

For the third year in succession,[1] Volkswagen Motorsport driver Sébastien Ogier won the rally,[2] taking his fifth consecutive WRC win in the process. Ogier finished almost a minute-and-a-half clear of his closest competitor, Citroën World Rally Team's Mads Østberg. The podium was completed by Ogier's team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen, who finished 6.3 seconds in arrears of Østberg.[1] Nasser Al-Attiyah was the winner of the WRC-2 class, finishing almost eight minutes clear of anyone else, while also finishing in seventh place overall.[1][3] Nicolás Fuchs (ninth overall) and Jari Ketomaa (tenth overall) completed the podium.[1][3]

During the third stage of the rally, Los Mexicanos, Ott Tänak crashed his car into a lake, but he and co-driver Raigo Mõlder were able to extract themselves from the car prior to it submerging. The car was recovered from the lake, in anticipation for the car to be repaired by the M-Sport World Rally Team. The team attempted to repair the car, dubbed the TiTänak[4][5][6] – a portmanteau of the RMS Titanic passenger liner, that sank in 1912, and Tänak's name – for the second day, but he was unable to start. He returned for Sunday's stages, finishing 22nd overall and scoring a manufacturers' championship point.[7]

Entry list

Notable entrants
No. Entrant Class Driver Co-driver Car Tyre
1 Germany Volkswagen Motorsport WRC France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Volkswagen Polo R WRC M
2 Germany Volkswagen Motorsport WRC Finland Jari-Matti Latvala Finland Miikka Anttila Volkswagen Polo R WRC M
3 France Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC United Kingdom Kris Meeke Republic of Ireland Paul Nagle Citroën DS3 WRC M
4 France Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT WRC Norway Mads Østberg Sweden Jonas Andersson Citroën DS3 WRC M
5 United Kingdom M-Sport Ltd WRC United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Daniel Barritt Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
6 United Kingdom M-Sport Ltd WRC Estonia Ott Tänak Estonia Raigo Mőlder Ford Fiesta RS WRC M
7 Germany Hyundai Motorsport WRC Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul Hyundai i20 WRC M
8 Germany Hyundai Motorsport WRC Spain Dani Sordo Spain Marc Martí Hyundai i20 WRC M
9 Germany Volkswagen Motorsport II WRC Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Volkswagen Polo R WRC M
20 Germany Hyundai Motorsport N WRC New Zealand Hayden Paddon New Zealand John Kennard Hyundai i20 WRC M
21 Czech Republic Jipocar Czech National Team WRC Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Michal Ernst Ford Fiesta RS WRC P
23 Mexico Benito Guerra, Jr. WRC Mexico Benito Guerra, Jr. Mexico Borja Rozada Ford Fiesta RS WRC P
24 Poland Robert Kubica WRC Poland Robert Kubica Poland Maciek Szczepaniak Ford Fiesta RS WRC P
32 France PH Sport WRC-2 France Stéphane Lefebvre Belgium Stéphane Prévot Citroën DS3 R5 M
33 Italy Motorsport Italia Srl WRC-2 Italy Massimiliano Rendina Italy Mario Pizzuti Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X P
35 Greece Jourdan Serderidis WRC-2 Greece Jourdan Serderidis Belgium Frédéric Miclotte Citroën DS3 R5 D
36 Qatar Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team WRC-2 Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari United Kingdom Marshall Clarke Ford Fiesta RRC M
37 Italy FWRT s.r.l. WRC Italy Lorenzo Bertelli Italy Giovanni Bernacchini Ford Fiesta RS WRC P
38 Ukraine Yuriy Protasov WRC-2 Ukraine Yuriy Protasov Ukraine Pavlo Cherepin Ford Fiesta RRC P
39 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah WRC-2 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah France Matthieu Baumel Ford Fiesta WRC M
40 United Kingdom Drive DMACK WRC-2 Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Kaj Lindström Ford Fiesta R5 D
41 Peru Nicolás Fuchs WRC-2 Peru Nicolás Fuchs Argentina Fernando Mussano Ford Fiesta R5 D
42 Ukraine Eurolamp World Rally Team WRC-2 Ukraine Valeriy Gorban Ukraine Volodymyr Korsia Mini John Cooper Works S2000 P
43 Russia TAIF Rally Team WRC-2 Russia Radik Shaymiev Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Ford Fiesta R5 M
51 Romania Napoca Rally Academy WRC-2 Italy Simone Tempestini Italy Matteo Chiarcossi Subaru Impreza WRX STi P
Icon Class
WRC WRC entries eligible to
score manufacturer points
WRC Major entry ineligible to
score manufacturer points
WRC-2 Registered to take part in
WRC-2 championship

Results

Event standings

Pos. No. Driver Co-driver Team Car Class Time Difference Points
Overall classification
1 1 France Sébastien Ogier France Julien Ingrassia Germany Volkswagen Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 4:19:13.4 0.00 28
2 4 Norway Mads Østberg Sweden Jonas Andersson France Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC WRC 4:20:32.2 +1:18.8 18
3 9 Norway Andreas Mikkelsen Norway Ola Fløene Germany Volkswagen Motorsport II Volkswagen Polo R WRC WRC 4:20:38.5 +1:25.1 17
4 5 United Kingdom Elfyn Evans United Kingdom Daniel Barritt United Kingdom M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:22:53.6 +3:40.2 12
5 8 Spain Dani Sordo Spain Marc Martí Germany Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC WRC 4:24:15.2 +5:01.8 10
6 21 Czech Republic Martin Prokop Czech Republic Jan Tománek Czech Republic Jipocar Czech National Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC WRC 4:25:49.5 +6:36.1 8
7 39 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah France Matthieu Baumel Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:34:06.1 +14:52.7 6
8 7 Belgium Thierry Neuville Belgium Nicolas Gilsoul Germany Hyundai Motorsport Hyundai i20 WRC WRC 4:41:56.7 +22:43.3 5
9 41 Peru Nicolás Fuchs Argentina Fernando Mussano Peru Nicolás Fuchs Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:02.4 +22:49.0 2
10 40 Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Kaj Lindström United Kingdom Drive DMACK Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:23.6 +23:10.2 1
WRC-2 standings
1 (7.) 39 Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah France Matthieu Baumel Qatar Nasser Al-Attiyah Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:34:06.1 0.0 25
2 (9.) 41 Peru Nicolás Fuchs Argentina Fernando Mussano Peru Nicolás Fuchs Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:02.4 +7:56.3 18
3 (10.) 40 Finland Jari Ketomaa Finland Kaj Lindström United Kingdom Drive DMACK Ford Fiesta R5 WRC-2 4:42:23.6 +8:17.5 15
4 (11.) 36 Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari United Kingdom Marshall Clarke Qatar Youth & Sports Qatar Rally Team Fod Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:42:58.2 +8:52.1 12
5 (13.) 38 Ukraine Yuriy Protasov Ukraine Pavlo Cherepin Ukraine Yuriy Protasov Ford Fiesta RRC WRC-2 4:52:44.2 +18:38.1 10
6 (14.) 33 Italy Massimiliano Rendina Italy Mario Pizzuti Italy Motorsport Italia Srl Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X WRC-2 4:57:19.9 +23:13.8 8
7 (19.) 35 Greece Jourdan Serderidis Belgium Frédéric Miclotte Greece Jourdan Serderidis Citroën DS3 R5 WRC-2 5:17:21.8 +43:15.7 6
Source:

Special stages

Championship standings after the race

WRC

Other

References

  1. "Unbeaten Ogier nets Mexico hat-trick". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  2. "Sebastien Ogier clinches dominant win for VW". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  3. "Al-Attiyah starts title defence with Mexico win". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  4. "TiTanak's Mexico escape goes global". World Rally Championship. WRC Promoter GmbH. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  5. McMahon, Matthew (11 March 2015). "M-Sport Mechanics Earn Their Money As The Legend of "Titanak" is Born". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  6. "Elfyn Evans 'extremely happy' after fourth place finish in Rally Mexico". North Wales Daily Post. Trinity Mirror. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2016. Despite the car spending almost 10 hours submerged in water, the M-Sport team had the car – dubbed TiTanak – back up and running to complete the Sunday's final stages of the rally.
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